diff --git a/srcpkgs/newt/template b/srcpkgs/newt/template
index 0fa701c0d1b..2a6228617c9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/newt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/newt/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'newt'
 pkgname=newt
-version=0.52.21
-revision=9
+version=0.52.24
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="python3-devel"
+hostmakedepends="python3-devel python3-packaging-bootstrap"
 makedepends="slang-devel popt-devel python3-devel"
 short_desc="Library for color text mode, widget based user interfaces"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://pagure.io/newt/"
 distfiles="https://pagure.io/releases/newt/newt-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=265eb46b55d7eaeb887fca7a1d51fe115658882dfe148164b6c49fccac5abb31
+checksum=5ded7e221f85f642521c49b1826c8de19845aa372baf5d630a51774b544fbdbb
 
 newt-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"